UNITED STATES STAMPED COVERS

1859 US #36 12¢ BLACK PAIR ON TRANS-ATLANTIC
SHIP COVER TO NEW ROSS, IRELAND
WITH AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY CERTIFICATE

Very Nice 1859 24¢ Black Pair Trans-Atlantic cover to New Ross, Ireland
Scott 2006 Catalogue Value Pair on Cover to England $800 USD.

Front: Two balanced close margin copies (as is normal with this issue) of US #36 (Plate #1) tied by red New York grid cancel and black Cunard Line "AMERICA/PAID/AP4/1859/DUBLIN split double circle CDS transit mark. A Red New York British Treaty Mail cancel "NEW/19/YORK/MAR 22" in single 31mm circle mark showing 19¢ credit due Great Britain for inland postage and the Cunard packet with 5¢ of the 24¢ retained for United States inland postage. Manuscript entry "Per Arabia".
Reverse: Black, "NEW ROSS/APR5/1859" split double circle CDS receiving cancel. Pencil Note "#36". ex Gaston.
Notes: Nice usage of US#36 Pair 24¢ on cover to New Ross, Ireland paying the Trans-Atlantic Rate to Great Britain. Arnell (Atlantic Mails) lists the "Arabia" as leaving from Boston on March 23, 1859, stopping in Halifax on March 25th and arriving at Liverpool on April 3rd. It is possible that this letter was then sent across the Irish Sea to Dublin for April 4th and New Ross on April 5th. But there is no Liverpool receiving mark and it is also possible that the packet was met by a coastal mailboat from Dublin as it passed on its way to Liverpool. It is to be presumed that this letter travelled from New York by rail to Boston in time to catch the "Arabia".
Condition: Very Fine Tran-Atlantic cover to scarce Irish location.
Contents: Envelope only, no contents. Addressed to Samuel Kough, Esq, New Ross, Ireland on printed envelope.

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